NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 839

SENATE BILL 788

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 116 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA, SO AS TO MAKE CHAPTER 20 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES, APPLICABLE IN THE USE OF THE STREETS, ALLEYS, AND DRIVEWAYS ON THE GROUNDS OF PEMBROKE STATE UNIVERSITY AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PEMBROKE TRUSTEES TO ADOPT TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 2 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by adding a new section immediately following G.S. 116-46.1A, to be designated as G.S. 116-46. IB, and to read as follows:

"§ 116-46.IB.  Motor vehicle laws applicable to streets, alleys, and driveways on campus of Pembroke State University; university trustees authorized to adopt traffic regulations. — (a) All the provisions of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes relating to the use of the highways of the State and the operation of motor vehicles thereon are hereby made applicable to the streets, alleys and driveways on the campus of the Pembroke State University. Any person violating any of the provisions of said chapter in or on such streets, alleys or driveways shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as therein prescribed. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any way interfering with the ownership and control of such streets, alleys and driveways on the campus of Pembroke State University as is now vested by law in the trustees of Pembroke State University or Town of Pembroke.

(b)        The board of trustees of Pembroke State University is authorized to make such additional rules and regulations and adopt such additional ordinances with respect to the use of the streets, alleys, driveways, and to the establishment of parking areas on such campus not inconsistent with the provisions of Chapter 20, General Statutes of North Carolina, and the ordinances of the Town of Pembroke, as in its opinion may be necessary. Provided, however, that, based upon a traffic and engineering investigation, the board of trustees may determine and fix speed limits on streets and highways subject to such rules, regulations and ordinances lower than those provided in G.S. 20-141, and the board of trustees may make reasonable provisions for the towing or removal of unattended vehicles found to be in violation of other rules, regulations and ordinances. All regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be recorded in the proceedings of the board and printed, and copies of such regulations and ordinances shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina. Any person violating any such regulations or ordinances shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for not exceeding 30 days.

(c)        The board of trustees of Pembroke State University shall cause to be posted at appropriate places on the campus of Pembroke State Universtiy notice to the public of applicable speed limits and parking laws and ordinances."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of July, 1971.